Performance and scalability evaluation of 'big memory' on blue gene linux

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-160

  Yoshii, Kazutomo ^a   Iskra, Kamil ^a   Naik, Harish ^a   Beckman, Pete ^a   Broekema, P Chris ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ASTRON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue Gene; Linux; memory performance; OS kernel; TLB

Indexed keywords

BLUE GENE; LINUX; MEMORY PERFORMANCE; OS KERNEL; TLB;

GENES; SCALABILITY; TELESCOPES;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79955795142     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: 17412846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342010369116     Document Type: Article

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